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THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER YOL. Y. NO. 8. THE Charlotte Messenger IS PUBLISHED Every Sat urday, AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. In the Interests of the Colored People of the* Country. Able and well-known writers will coufcrib ut. to its columns from different parts of the country, and it will contain the"latest Gen oral News ofthe «^V !!^n?* ES t E Ti GER is a firsfc_c k»B newspaper nn.l will notallow j*»rsonal abuse in its col unnirt. tis not sectarian or partisan, but inde[*endent—dealing fairly by all It re servetj the right to criticise the shortcomings ot all public officials— commending the worthy, and recommending for election such ! *V en . as 111 lts opinion are best suited to serve th? interests of the jxiople. It is intended to supply the long felt need of a newspaper to advocate the rights and defend the interests of the Negro-American, espc-ially in the Piedmont section of the Carolines. SUBSCRIPTIONS: (Always in Advance.) 1 year - - $1 .50 s months - - - lUO 0 months - - 75 o months - - M) S'months - - .35 Single Copy - 5 Address, v W.:c. SMITH Charlotte NC It is claimed that there has never yet been a genuine case of hydrophobia or rabies in any cf the Pacific coast States or Territories. The last scheme for money-making from the pulp manufacture, one of Maine's most prosperous industries, is the discovery of a process by which cheap material can be used, and good paper be made by the product at the same time. The tops of pine trees are gathered after a timber cutting, and after the knots have been removed the white wood is placed in steam vats, where, after having all resinous matter removed by the steaming process, the wood is thrown into grinding mills and reduced to dry pulp. The New York World declares that a ! peculiar agitation is in progress in Minne- i sofa. Certain women in that State are i attempting to have a law passed compel- j ling a man to declare his intentions j. within four weeks after paying his first j visit to a young women. Such a meas ure would be based on injustice. A j man who knows Iris own mind regarding a girl within a month after meeting her is rare. This is to a great extent the | fault of the gentler sex. The nature of woman is secretive. A young woman | cannot be weighed and labeled after a | few weeks* acquaintance. She must be | studied along while before her desira- ! bility os a wife can be approximately j Ridged. let Minne-ota legislators be careful how they deal with the subject. A Paris philanthropist induce! a numter of generous merchants, manu facturers, and trades people to take into their employment, states the New York ! flan, such unempoyed men as he should send with letters of recommendation. Then he advertised for men out of work, : got together a gicat throng, talked to them of dignity of labor, the blessings of economy, the dangers of intemper ance, and then directed them to call for letters of recommendation which would put th f *m in the way of getting work at the minium rate of eighty cents a day. Immediately more than half of his throng of 727 unemployed men disappeared, j and ’hat was the last he saw of them. Os the remainder some took letters and j never presented them: some worked half n day and then wanted the wages of that , time, and at the cud of three days only t eighteen were at their posts, and these , were all genuine artisans and laborers. The recent investigation into the ' Indian troubles on the Skeena River, j British Columbia, has brought to light a j deeply laid plot, by which, at two secret meetings held at Katauiax last winter, It was arranged among the Indian tribes in that lection to massacre all the white ■ settler*. The mas acre was averted by j one of the Indians, who. at the risk of hn life, threatened to warn the Govern ment unless the idea was abandoned. The Skeens Indians are described by the New York Pont •• of low stature and degraded morals. They are all heathens and sturdily refuse to embrace Chris tianity. They are all wild and lawless, with no more notion of fairneas than a wolf, whose character they exactly para lei, inasmuch as when they come to the stoie alone they are almost vex ntiously meek and lowly, but when they collect in numbers they ere loud-mouthed and menacing. Their facet consist mainly of month and cheek bones, with r mail. fiat noset. HOUSE AND SENATE. OUR BUSY LEGISLATORS. Kany Laws Introduced, But Few Passed. Monday- In the House the the follow ing measures were introduced and refer red: fit' Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, to eatab-! lish a camp for yellow fever refugees. By Mr Morrow, of California, a rcsolu- 1 tion providing for the immediate trans- j mission to she President of enrolled bills. By Mr. Breckeubridge, of Kentucky, | for the appointment of a committee of I five members to confer with asimilarcom- ■ mittee to be appointed by the Senate up on the subject of agreeing to joint rules j for the orderly proceeding ot the bust ness between the two houses. On motion of Mr. Forney, of Alabama, a joint resolution was passed extending until October 15th existing appropria tions for the sundry civil expenses of the Government. Mr Clements, of Georgia, presented a memorial of farmers of Georgia for the removal of duty on jute bagging. Re ferred . Mr. Dingley, of Maine, presented the petition of the citizens of Bath, Me, ask- j ing Congress to pass a bill for the relief ! of yellow fever sufferers. Referred. Pending discussion, Mr. McComas, of Marylard, asked unanimous consent to offer for reference a resolution fixing a day for the consideration of the Blair educational bill, but Sir. McMillan, of Tennessee, objected. Referred. In the Senate the House bill requir ing.Tttdges of the U. 8. Circuit and Dis trict courts to reduce their charges and decisions to waiting was debated upon ! and placed upon the calendar. Among the bills introduced and re-1 ferred were the following: By Senator Stewart, to prohibit the im-i migration of Chinese laborers By Senator Plumb, offering a reward of SIOO,OOO to any person or persons who ] shall discover the cause, remedy and ; treatment of yellow fever. By Senator Call, for a commission of mi dieal experts in Jacksonville, Fla, to observe and report upon the facts relative to yellow fever and the best method of j its cure, prevettsion and suppression. i Iu connection with the two latter bills Senator Harris presented a telegram j from Memphis. Tcnn.. attributing the existence of yellow fever in Decatur, and Jackson. Miss., to the unrestrained intercourse between Cuba and Florida , during the past two yiars and recom mending a National Board of Health. ! Senator Gal! offered £n amendment-ap- j propriating for the widow of an internal | revenue officer who dnd at Jacksonville of yellow fever the amount of his year’s salary. Agreed to. Senator Call also offeted an amend- j ment appropriating $20,000 for the pur- , chase of a ste im launch for the use of collector at Key West, Fla., to enforce quarantine laws and to prevent smug-. gliug. Agreed to. Senator Plumb offered an amendment inserting each of the items contained in j the book of estimates, but omitted in the , bill, except the items for the Pacific rail- j road companies. Agreed to. Senator Teller offered an amendment j appropriating $270,000 for indemnity' for outrages on the Chiteie in the terri- j tones. Agreed to. The biii was then passed, and the Sen- j ate, at 5:45, adjourned. Tuesday— ln tile House in the morn- j ing hour. Mr Cochran, of South Carolina, | from the committee on foreign affairs, called up and the House passed the joint 1 resolution accepting the invitation of the Imperial German Government to the Uni ted States Government to become a par- \ tv to an international geodetic associa- j tiou. Mr Hitt, of Illinois, from the same i committee, called up the joint resolution , requesting the President to negotiate j with the Government e>f Mexico tor the ■ creation of an ioternation commission to determine all questions touchirg the I ; boundary line between thcUnited States j and Mexico, whole it follows the lied of 1 I the Rio Grande and Rio Colorado. Senate —Senator Stewart offered a I 1 resolution calling on the President for ! su'h information as he received since the j 1 7th inst as to the action of the Chinese j Government on the recent treaty. Senator Edmunds suggested that the | resolution better be considered inexecn j tivc session, for reasons which he would I state in the executive session. ' The resolution was, therefore, laid on ! the tlbie temporarily, and the Senate, on ! motion of Senator Edmunds, proceeded I to cxemte buxinegs with closed doors. 1 When the doorg were again opened i Senators Morgan and Dolp discussed Senator Sherman's resolution for an 5n- I qiilry into the state of relations between I the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Adjourned at 5:20. Wednesday— ln the House to-day, i immediately after the reading of the Jour nal, Mr. Forney, of Alabama, presented the'eoufen m e report on the sundry civil appropriation bill. The report went over until Thursday. Mr Mcßae, of Arkansas, from the com mittee on public lands, reported, and the ! House passed without debate, the bill to forfeit certain lands granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The Senate bill changing the bounda ries of the 4th collection district of Vir ginia was passed. -phe Senate amendments to the general deficiency appropiiition bill were non concurred in, and a conference was or dered. .... Mr Burnes, of Missouri, from the com-' mittee on appropriation*, reported back, with amendin ut. the Senate joint reso lotion appropriating SIOO,OOO for the re CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, OCT. G, 1888 lief of the yellow fever sufferers, and it was passed as amended. It read as fol lows: “That the sum of SIOO,OOO be. and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any ’ money in the treasury not otherwise ap propriated, to be immediately available, to be expended by the direction of the . President of the United States in aid of I State and municipal boards of health and | otherwise, to prevent the introduction of ; cholera or yellow fever into the United l States from foreign countries or from one i State and Territory into another, or in i the suppression of or preventing the j spread of said disease or either of them I 1 in infected districts.” . ‘ | The House at 1:15 p. m. adjourned, j I. Senate —Proceedings were very tame in the Senate to day, speeches by Sena- j tors George and Daniels on the Presi-; dent’s message were the only occurrences. { Thursday—The House immediately upon assembling adopted the Sundry j civil appropriation bill. Mr Blount, of Georgia, called up a bill | regulating the railway mail service, but the discussion ended without action and the House adjourned. In the Senate the chair was occupied to- day by Senator Manderson, by desig nation of the presiding officer, *Mr In ; galls- The House amendment to the Senate I ; bill appropriating SIOO,OOO in aid of yel- • low fever sufferers, having been laid be-1 fore the Senate and discussed, and Sena tor Edmunds said he had examined it' and was very much afraid that it missed j the point aimed at in the bill and asked that a conference be ordered, which was \ done. | In the discussion of the late Louisiana I election Senator Coke of Texas was called I ito order for unparliamentary language ' i derected against Senator Chandler, j Senator Coke remarked: “The Sena : ator from New Hampshire (Chandler) j 1 seems to be anxious that somebody on j ■ this side of the chamber should kick I him. I refuse to perform the opera tion.” Senator Coke was promptly called to | i order and was required to take his seat. I ! while the presiding officer ruled that his J language was not warranted by par ia mentary law. •‘Then.'* said Senator Coke, “I with draw the language and apologize for hav ! ing used it.” Adjourned. Friday—ln the House to-day a con ference was ordered on the joint resolu tion in aid of the sufferers of yellow fe ver. Mr. Rice, of Minnesota, presented the j report of the special committee, which I has investigated the charges against ltep rcemtitive StahlUecker, of New York, ! connection with the new library bail i irg. The report exhonorated Mr Stahi , necker. It was ordered that when House ad ! journed it be to meet on Monday next. The Senate was not in session to-day, j having agreed to postpone further ses sions until Monday. WASHINGTON NOTES. Mr E S Tennent, of South Carolina, j i has been appointed to a thousand dollar j | clerkship in the office of the first assist-. ant postmaster general. Thedefhincy bil l , as it has passed, : both houses, contains about a page and a j • half of names of South Carolir a claim-j j anls whore claims have been reported ! favorably by the Couit of Claims. | There has been a decrease of $14,500.- \ 000 in the public debt since September j Ist The total amount of bonds pur- I chased under the circular of April 17tb, | is $00,180,900, of which $41,630,700 are J 1 fours, and $18,555,200 are fours and a j half. Their cost was $73,340,208, of.) ' which $53,415,353 was paid for fours and { $10,924,915 for fours and a half. Mrs. Ern .stine Becker, one of the old est and most t lusted counters in there deroption division of the Treasury, was 1 found $944 short in h;r cash, and has J been dismissed from the service after ' making good the deficiency. She was i appointed in 1805 by President Johnson. 1 Iler duty was to count wornout and mu- I tilated notes sent to the Treasury for re 1 demption. The matter has been laid i before the United States District Attor | ney. i Messrs. Sherman, Allison and Hiscock, i sub committee of the committee on fi nance. were in conference Friday on the tariff bill in the room of the com mittee on finance. At a very late hour Mr Allison was asked if the bill would be rcixrrted to the lull committee Tues day. Ilis reply was: “We shall report something at that time.” Senators Vance and Harris are ready to submit the minority report. The New York Produce Market. BUTTER AND EGOS— < reamery Butter, 23 to 24c Dairy *‘ 17 toJSue Factory 44 131 2to 14c Eggs 17 to 19c MEAIB AND POULTRY— Live Veal Calves 7to 8c Calves (country dresse 1) 9 w> lOe Lambs 5 3 4 to 01-4 Sheep 4 I*2 to sc, Uogft 9 I*4 to 912 Spring Chickens 14 to 15 Fowls, Southern, 13 to 14 1-2 Turkeys 10 to 15 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES— -1 Apples $2 00to $250 pears 2 00 to 44 00 Peaches .75 to 1 00 Grapes sto Oc Watermelons (bbl) $7 00 to $8 00 Beans, $175 to $2 90 Peas (green) per l»u., 1887 1 09 CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET Middling f*fr 10 . Good Middling 98-4 1 strict Middling 9 1-2 Middling 9 1 2 Tinge# 8 to 9 Siam* . « « SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES. The Wave of Fortune Rolling on in Spite of Yellow Fever. Reports show that the past week has witnessed the consummation of a large i number of great enterprises in railroad and industrial circles throughout the South. The faith of Northern capital ists in Southern railroad securities is showu in the placing of $10,000,000 of bonds of the Georgia Central Railroad through Diesel, Morgan & Co., and the i negotiations, now reported as closed, for , the purchase at $3,000,000 of the Iven * tucky Midland Road. The Plant Invest j ment Company has subscribed for a por ! tion of the bonds of the Alabama Mid , land Road, which probably insures the | early building of that line from Bain ; bridge, Ga., to Montgomery. A number j of large contracts have been let during ! the week for important extensions of old ! roads and the building of new ones, in | dieating great activity iu railroad con ! struttion throughout the South. The Pioneer Manufacturing Company, of Birmingham, owned by the Thomas Iron Company people, of Pennsylvania, will build a duplicate furnace of the one late ly completed, also a 150 ton rolling mill, at a cost of probably over $500,000; a ! $500,000 coal mining company has been | organized et Cordova, Ala; Chicago • capitalists will build a $1,000,000 central i sugar refinery iu Louisiana, with short 1 railroads to adjacent plantations; St. > Louis capitalists have purchased coal , lands in Texas for about $500,000 which I they will develop; in Richmond a sl,- i 000,000 cotfon seed oil mill company has | been chartered; a 15,000 spindle cotton : mill will be built in Georgia; Philadel i phia iron bridge works have secured a | location for a plant in Roanoke, Va; I $20,000 worth of machinery has been ! ordered fore implete bolt and nut work |in Decatur, Ala; a contract has been | made w ith a Texas quarry for 27,000 car j loads of granite. These are but a few of the leading items reported ia this week’s I Manufacturers’ Record. There are many I smaller enterprises, including electric | light and waterworks, ice factories, flour i and saw- mills, &c., showing that even the yellow fever scare has had but little effect in checking the South’s great in dustrial development, and now' that the danger of the fever spreading has about died out, still greater activity may be looked for. Raleigh Bank Robbers. In Wake Superior Court the two re maining cases of the State of North Carolina against Charles E Cross and Samuel C White, ex-president and cash ier of the State National Bank of Raleigh, were taken up. Marked interest is shown in the proceeding. The charges are forgery of notes w hich Cross mid White placed among the bank’s papers. 1 The two charges are of the three on j which the extradition of Cross and White from tanad a was secured. The | first case was tried last July and resulted in a conviction of both parties and *en ! ienccd to & long term of labor on the j public roads. The defendants appealed l to the State Supreme Court on the ground ! that in ca*es of this character only the | United States, not a State ( ourt, had ju | risdiction. The Supreme Court has not I yet leached this appeal, and may not do iso this term. The prisoners, through j their counsel, a*-kcd a continuance of j the case on the ground that the matter is now pending in tha Supreme Court. Judge Avery refused to grant a continu ance and ordered the trial to proceed regularly. After a large special venire ha.i been neatly exhausted, a jury was j secured and the trial began. It is said i by the prisoners’ counsel that no new ) evidence in their favor will be presented, j This being the case, two more convic | tions are certain, which menu lorg sen ! tences in addition to the one already im posed. Os course appeals will also be taken in these cases as in the other. National >V. C. T U. The National Woman’s Christian Tem perance Union holds its fifteenth annual meeting October 19-23, in the Metropo litan Opera House, New’ York. Mrs Mary T Burt and Gen Clinton B Fish will welcome the convention, and Mrs Mary A Livermore will respond. William Blaikie, author of the well known books o n physical culture, will speak on his favorite theme. Bishop Fellows, of Chicago, will preach on the “Ecclesiastical Emancipation of Women.” Mrs Elizabeth Thompson, the philan thropic, will present to the National W. (!. T. U. a “Woman's Flag,”emblematic of International good will, of peace and of purity. The address of the President, Miss Frances E. Willard, will review all pres ent phases of the woman’s movement, including the International Council ot Women at Washington and the National Council there organized; also the World’s W. C. T. U. and the Chicago Council of Women, of all w hich she is at present the executive head. Among other speakers will be Mrs. Mary 11 Hunt, Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop, Mrs. Clara Hoffman, Mrs. Mnry A. Wood bridge, Miss Henrietta G. Moore, Mrs. Matilda B. Cane, Dr. Mary Weeks Bur nette, Miss Elizabeth W Greenwood, Mrs. Sallie F. Chapman, of S. C. Yellow Fever, A marked leduction in the number of new cases and deaths Saturday seems to justify the hope of the Jacksonville pco pie tbut the worst of the epidemic is over, and that the situation will now gradually, if not rapidly, improve. Eighty five eases were reported Saturday, of which 20 were white and 59 colored. Deaths, 5. Total cates to date, 2,453. Deaths, 242. | LONDON'S MYSTERY. j MORE MURDERS COMMITTED. ! The police Paralyzed and the People Dismayed, London, England.—[Special. ]—Sun day morning the whole city was again startled by the news that more murders were added to the list of mysterious crimes that have recently been commit ted in Whitechapel. At an early hour it was known that another woman was murdered, and the report was also cur rent that there was still another victim. This report proved true. The two vie tims as in the former cases, were disso lute women of the poorer class. That the motive of the murdered was not rob bery is shown by the fact that no at tempt was made to despoil the bodies. THE TWO VICTIMS. The first murder occurred in the nar row’ court off Barners street, at an early hour beneath the windows of the foreigners’ socialistic dub. A conceit w’as in progress, and many mem bers of the club were present, but no sound w’as heard from the victim. The same process was followed as in the other eases. The w oman had been seized by the throat, her cries choked, and the mur derer, with one sweeping cut, had sev ered her throat from ear to ear. A club man, on entering the court, stumbled over the body, which was lying only two yards from the street. A stream of warm blood was flowing from the body into the gutter. The murderer had evidently been disturbed before he had time to mutilate his victim. The second murder w’as committed three-quarters of an hour later in Mitre square, five minutes walk from the scene of the first crime. Policemen patrol the square every ten minutes. The body of the unfortunate woman had been disem bowelled, her throat cut and her nose severed. The heart and lungs had been thrown aside, and the entrails twisted into the gaping wound around her neck. The incisions show rough dexterity. The work of dissection -was done with the utmost haste. WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY. Pending the report of the doctors it is not known whether or not a poition o r the viceras was taken away. The doctors after hasty examination of the body, said they thought it must have taken five: minutes to complete the work ofthe mur derer. who than had plenty of time to escape the patrol. THE SCENE OF THE MURDER. Mitre Square, the scene of the second murder, is a thoroughfare. Many peo ple pass through the square early Sunday morning on their way to prepare for market in the notorious Petticoat Lane. The publicity of the place adds to the daringness of the crime. The police, w ho have been severely criticised in con nection with the Whitechapel murders, are paralyzed by these latest crimes. As soon as the news was received at the police headquarters, a messenger was dispatched for Sir Charles Warren, chief commissioner of police. He was called out of bed and at once visited the scene of the murders. THE PEOPLE DISMAYED. Inhabitants of Whitechapel are dis mayed. The vigilance committees which were formed after the first crimes were committed relaxed their efforts to capture the murderer. At several meetings held at Whitechapel it was resolved to resume the work of patrolling streets in the district in which the murders oc curred. The Barners street victim was Eliza beth Stride, a native of Stockholm, who resided in a common lodging house. The* name of the other victim is not yet known. In consequence of the refusal of Home Secretary Matthews to offer a reward for the arrest of the Whitechapel murderer, the people* of the East End Saturday pe titioned the queen herself to authorize the offering of a reward. Bunco Steerers Secure SIO,OOO. Pitts nußG, Pa., —John J. Lemon, an aged and respected citizen of Allegheny, was swindled out of $lO,- 000 this afternoon by two bunco nun. The old gentleman was enticed iuto a house on Pearl street and induced to play a game in which it was alleged he had won SIO,OOO. To get this, however, it would be necessarv to produce a like amount. The victim fell into the* trap at once and went to the* Third National Bank where he drew out the money. Returning lie placid it on the table, lie then took another chance and was in formed that he had lost the $20,000. This dazed him for a moment but he quickly n covert d, and draw ing a revolv er demanded his money. One* of the swindlers knocked the pistol out of his hand and two ran out, locking the door after them and escaped. Cotton Prices. Liverpool opened firm hut lifeless. The very small sales (ouly 0,000 hairs) for Friday seem to show' that the short time movement is meeting with some success, hut futures closed a shade dear er. Considerable apprehension was felt as to the Liverpool recounts of stock, which were to have been announced but not received. The freer south ern movements and offerings were offset by sigral service piedietion of frost in the Piedmont belt, and first quotations w* re finally advanced with narrow’ fluctuations and active business. Norfolk is steady with better demand for all grades,though white kinds alone being official figures. A burglar, !n tlie course of a rerent examination, declared that he had com mitted 120 burglaries in districts of Lon don during the present year without hav ing before been arrested. Terms. $1.50 per Aim. Single Copy 5 cenls, Telegraphic Brevities. Winchester, Va., has turned front “dry” to 44 w’et.” The Sovereign Grand I. O. O. F. has chosen Columbus, Ohio, for the next annual meeting. Search for the sunken nosure ship, Brack, just outside of Delaware break water, has bben abandoned. Dan Shelby’s circus, from Chicago, is stranded at Richmond, Ya. Its effects are in the hands of the deputy sheriff. Acme Manufacturing Company, of Wilmington, N C., will commence at once active manufacture of pine straw bagging. Russel, Giese & Co., cement dealers, and John Burrows, wall paper, issued deeds of trust, former for $40,000 and latter for $50,000. At Bristol, Va., fire destroyed houses and stores. Loss $30,000, insurance $19,000. Ladies formed lme and passed buckets while many men stood idly by. The exercises attending the unveiling of the monument to the Confederate dead buried at Staunton, Va., which took place on Tuesday, were of an interesting and impressive character. There was a large tournout of people, a procession in which ex-Confederates and milita ry companies took part, a poem by the ex-mayor, A. C. Gordon, and addresses by Governor Lee ; Gen. Early, Gen Ros ser and others. An interesting feature of the occasion was the unveiling of the monument by a granddaughter of the late Gen Albert Sidney Johnston. WISE WORDS. Know thyself. One feast, one house, one happiness. Praise underserved is satire in dis guise. Wit is folly, unless a wise man has the keeping of it. The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. Fidelity in trifles is the ladder which leads to greatness. Cultivate forbearance till your heart yields a fine crop of it. If we still love those we lose, can we altogether lose those we love? 'There is no courage but in innocence, no constancy but in an honest cause. Time is never more misspent than while we disclaim against the want of it. Agitation is the marshaling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to to be told of their duty. Os great riche? there is no real use, ex cept it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. We are never made so ridiculons by the qualities we have* a3 by those we affect to have. Knowledge without discretion is like force without direction—never useful but by accident. Doing is the great thing. For. if res olutely, people do what is right, in time they come to like doing it. Reason requires culture to expand. It resembles the fire concealed in the flint, which only sliowes itself when struck w th the steel. Mexican Flowers. The Mexican flowers are very deeply colored. “If red, it is the most glowing and intense; if yellow or purple, the richest : if white or pink, the purest and most delicate. Fresh flowers are abun dant and cheap throughout the year, in cluding roses, pansies, sweet ptas. helio tropes, camellias and magnificent pop pies. “Calli lilies, the size of a fan, bloom luxuriantly in every ditch,” and the geraniums are as tall as a man. The most remarkable Lower is the “tree of the little hands.” a native of the colder region. The bright red flowers are well defined miniature hands. It is slow of growth, not reaching full size in 100 years. In the Valley of Mexico fifty varieties of lilies, no two alike, bloom on mountain, crag — Cincin nati Commercial Craeeiu. Where Wolves are Worked with Dogs. In Arctic Alaska the natives keep all young wolves that they catch and train them as dogs lor teams. Dogs and wolves are reared together. The dogs ore more than half wolf, and have the characteristics of those animals. They are without affection, but obey their masters through fear. One dog in each team makes himself master ami overseer. If any dog shirks lie will punish him. If he cannot get at him whe > in har ness, he will not forget to give him chas tisement when released at night. They are capable of enormous endurance, like wild wolves, and can fast and work a Umiz while. The Same Man. “Come here, my little Eddy,” «aid a gent einan to a youngster o: seven years of uge, while sitting iu the par or, where a large company was ossein bled, “do you know me?” “Yes sir, I think I do.” 44 Who am I then? Let me near.” “You are the man that kissed sister Angelina last night in the conservatory.” The third of th thee heaviest ri >d guns ever made in this country ueaVly completed at the ordnance foundry »f the routh Boston Iron Works. The first gun was made of cast iron, the second cf cast iron hooped and tulicd with steel, and the gun now in the foundry is lika i the second. It will be ready to be d«~ livured iu about a month. | A professional life-saver remark* that : Ihe first thing a man who has been rescued from drowning dees after he regains his ! wits is to smile.
Charlotte Messenger (Charlotte, N.C.)
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